It was my coworker's bday, so they twisted my arm into going along for the lunch buffet at Maharaja. It was so good. It always is! Except, today were no samosas. It was mildly tragic, but ok in the end, because usually I eat like 4 of them. And at 3 points each, it would have doubled the count of my lunch.
So, almond butter. It's made of almonds. It's delicious. It's full of fiber and protein and no preservatives. Except, when I put it on a sandwich thin with a little honey, it's SEVEN points. I might as well eat a bagel with cream cheese, which is 8. Dang. I know, the bagel has no nutritional value, and I am better off with the almond butter. Bah. For 9, I can have some egg and cheese on that bad boy and really enjoy it! Double bah.
Anyway, my Indian lunch balanced out with step aerobics tonight, which went better than last week. I remembered most of the routine and was able to follow along with almost all of it, while reaching a 6-8 on a scale of 1 to 10 of how hard I was working. Tomorrow there will be more yoga at work. Unless B and I are still going for burritos. Then, no yoga. :-) That means this week I will take off Tuesday and Thursday from the gym, but I'm planning to hit it Friday after work, and on the weekend.
I haven't cooked anything special lately, just the chicken soup from the weekend that I'm going to finally try tomorrow. Also, I am planning to weigh myself again tomorrow. Usually I stick to once per week, but on Monday it seemed I had only lost half a pound, and then on Tuesday it seemed that I was down 1.5 more from that. I think my scale is accurate, so I might try a twice-per-week check in. Will keep you posted on that.
Ok, probably enough rambling for now, but a shout out to Beth, a Gamma Phi girl from back in the day. She's great, and I'm happy that she wants to read along with Team VR!
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yay for down 1.5! today i am wearing a pair of pants that, two weeks ago, i couldn't button without taking a huge breath and sucking it all in. (and then they were so embarrassingly tight that i had to take them off immediately.) but today, they fit! not as great as when i first purchased them, but enough that i can wear them to work without seeming indecent.
ReplyDeletealong the lines of almond butter, the "grind your own" peanut butter from whole foods is amazing. i recommend doing mostly plain but then add a bit of honey roasted at the end - it's incredible and worth the price.
I hate it when stuff is nutritionally good for you but high in points. On the other hand, once we move to maintenance diets, things like that become the way to keep weight off - because eating foods that are point-high but nutritionally dense will be better in the long run. That's what I keep telling myself anyhow!
ReplyDeleteToday I had a meeting with students that I ordered Upper Crust for, so to prevent myself from eating any pizza, I did let myself have a whole wheat bagel with lowfat cream cheese for breakfast. And I successfully did not eat any pizza, and just finished my giant salad of romaine, banana peppers, peppers, carrots, beets, and a little tofu, with balsamic vinegar. Defintely NOT as tasty as Upper Crust, sigh. I do love banana peppers!
Susan - I have seen that peanut butter grinder and wondered about it. Good to know that it works and makes delicious peanut butter!
I am totally intimidated by the peanut butter grinder. Maybe I need to take a friend for support.
ReplyDeleteJen, way to go with avoiding the pizza, and eating something else that you enjoy!
you shouldn't be intimidated by the peanut butter grinder. plus, when you use it (even if you don't know what you're doing), people in the store will look at you and say to their friends, "wow, she's using the peanut butter grinder. we should try that next time. she's amazing."
ReplyDeletesusan's suggestion of mostly plain with a little honey roasted is a good one. i'd suggest organic peanuts for the plain. you'll go out of your mind.